CSA to consult further on fate of GLT20

CSA has not given up on the idea of hosting the T20 Global League yet and will spend the next "couple of months" assessing and deciding whether the tournament will go ahead. Crucially, the Members' Forum, a body made up of the 12 provincial affiliate presidents and the president and vice-president of CSA will make the final decision on future of the proposed T20 competition.

Previously, decisions were taken at board level or, if insinuations from sources close to CSA are to be believed, made primarily by one person: the former CEO Haroon Lorgat.

CSA and Lorgat parted ways in October last year, weeks before the inaugural T20 Global League was due to kick off, after Lorgat's position became untenable due to disagreements over the logistics of the tournament. Lorgat had failed to secure a broadcaster and title sponsor and the suddenness of his departure left CSA unable to do the same. After forecasting losses of US$25 million in the first season, CSA opted to postpone the tournament but still lost US$14 million, most of it in player payouts.

Now, CSA will adopt what it has termed a "three-tier" approach to deciding on the future of the tournament. The firsts step will be for a task team - made of the CSA acting CEO Thabang Moroe, CFO Naasei Appiah, three Member presidents and three Member CEOs, who have not been named, to "interrogate the concept" of the T20 Global League. CSA was thought to be doing this already, after several employees were tasked with drawing up new business models for the tournament following its postponement, but the last three months appear not to have presented any viable solutions.

Once the team have compiled a report, they will hold a workshop with all Member presidents and CEOs and all board members of CSA. Then, the Members' Forum will take a final decision. "I envisage that the whole process will be completed in a couple of months as there is an obvious urgency to get the matter completed," CSA president Chris Nenzani said.

That means CSA ends this weekend's board meeting in Durban in pretty much the same position it started - with no certainty over the future of the T20 Global League. It also did not announce any set date for confirming a new CEO - Moroe has been in office in an acting capacity since Lorgat's departure four months' ago and CSA appears no closer to confirming a permanent successor.

The only thing it is sure of is a Transformation Indaba, which will be held after all fixtures are completed this summer, from April 13 to 15. The last indaba (conference) held at the end of 2013 resulted in the implementation of a black African quota for franchise teams, requiring them to field at least one player from the country's majority race group and financial incentives for any team who exceeded that. In the years since, the transformation target has been increased and franchises have now been told to field six players of colour, including at least three black African. At national level, the team is required to field a minimum average of six players of colour including two black Africans over the course of a season.